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Greening CERD? The ICJ’s (Over)Cautious Stance on Environmental Harm as Racial Discrimination in Azerbaijan v. Armenia – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Greening CERD? The ICJ’s (Over)Cautious Stance on Environmental Harm as Racial Discrimination in Azerbaijan v. Armenia – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

On 12 November 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ, ‘the Court’) delivered its ‘twin’ judgments on Azerbaijan’s preliminary objections on jurisdiction in Armenia v. Azerbaijian, and on Armenia’s preliminary objections on jurisdiction and admissibility in Azerbaijan v. Armenia. Both cases, brought in late 2021, invoked Article 36(1) of the ICJ Statute and Article 22 … Read more

Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum and Lauren DiMartino discussed “The 3 Rs of Person-Centered Planning: Roles, Responsibilities, and Rights.” – Go Health Pro

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Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum and Lauren DiMartino discussed “The 3 Rs of Person-Centered Planning: Roles, Responsibilities, and Rights.” – Go Health Pro

Managing Partner Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum and attorney Lauren DiMartino participated in a webinar on “The 3 Rs of Person-Centered Planning: Roles, Responsibilities, and Rights,” joining Nick Burton, CEO of N. Burton Consulting, Jamie Stoner, Senior Vice President of Coordination of Community Services at Service Coordination, Inc., and People on the Go, a Maryland-based self-advocacy group that is run … Read more

EU Citizens’ Right to Join Political Parties – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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EU Citizens’ Right to Join Political Parties – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

The Maastricht Treaty formally created the concept of citizenship of the European Union, based upon holding the nationality of a Member State. Now provided for in Article 20 TFEU, EU citizenship includes the right for EU citizens to vote in municipal and European Parliament elections in a Member State other than that of their nationality … Read more

Advocate General Rantos proposes a retroactive interpretation of European type approval law which makes up to 200 Mio type approved motor vehicles in the EU illegal – Go Health Pro

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Advocate General Rantos proposes a retroactive interpretation of European type approval law which makes up to 200 Mio type approved motor vehicles in the EU illegal – Go Health Pro

    Dr. Benedikt Wolfers, M.A. & Sebastian Lutz-Bachmann, LL.M.*   * Partners of the Law Firm Posser Spieth Wolfers & Partners in Berlin.   Photo credit: Reinhold Möller, via Wikimedia Commons   In recent years, the Court of Justice decided a series of cases in relation to vehicle type approval law. On 21 November … Read more

Corporate Climate Responsibility After “Milieudefensie vs. Shell” Court of Appeal Decision – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Greening CERD? The ICJ’s (Over)Cautious Stance on Environmental Harm as Racial Discrimination in Azerbaijan v. Armenia – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Introduction. Tort Law Climate Litigation The recent decision by The Hague Court of Appeal on 12 November 2024 in the case Milieudefensie vs. Shell was eagerly awaited in both legal academia and the oil and gas industry. It overturns the path-breaking initial 2021 judgment, in which the Shell group was ordered to reduce its aggregate … Read more

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